Our work in Burkina Faso

We want every household, school, health care facility, workplace and public place in Burkina Faso to have access to reliable and affordable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030.

By developing and promoting new tools, skills and partnership practices that foster WASH systems in the districts that we work, and sharing our learning with partners at national level, we aim to scale our systems approach to the development of services in all our focus countries.

Our work in Banfora

About Banfora: area 934 square kilometres | population 153,574 living in 22 villages and 15 small towns | access to water - 69% | access to sanitation - 28% .

In 2018 IRC supported Kone Tiecoura Adama and his team to develop a master plan to deliver WASH services to everyone by 2030. We're now supporting them to deliver it: mobilising stakeholders, securing funds, commissioning support and monitoring progress. Under the leadership of Banfora's political and technical leadership, we are supporting a growing partnership of external actors including the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The implementation of the master plan will serve as a national reference point to ensure that sustainable WASH services are available to everyone, for good, by 2030.

Kone Tiecoura Adama

"In Burkina Faso, we're working with the Ministry of Water, Hydraulic Infrastructure and Sanitation, local and regional governments, NGOs and service providers to provide universal access to clean water and the right to health and sanitation in a sustainable way by 2030. Our activities include organising learning and sharing events, training sessions, facilitating learning and exchange platforms, developing innovative solutions to water, sanitation and hygiene challenges, and supporting dialogue and communication. Together with our partners, we explore ways of improving the sustainability of drinking water, hygiene and sanitation services, and the methods for managing, operating and maintaining these services." - Kone Ticoura Adama

Kone Tiecoura Adama is chief of Banfora district's water and sanitation services. He and his team are responsible for the development and implementation of WASH action plans, organisation and mobilisation of all stakeholders, securing funds, commissioning support and monitoring progress.